Former aides to Hillary Clinton are urging Twitter to mute the Commander in Tweet, with at least one urging the social media site to shut down Donald Trump’s account entirely.
“Dear @twitter – I hear you close down accts promoting fake news and false conspiracies,” Jesse Ferguson, a former press aide to Hillary Clinton’s failed presidential bid, tweeted Sunday.
“Please consider deleting this one. Thanks,” he added.
Ferguson’s comment was a response to Trump’s tweet claiming that “millions of people … voted illegally.” The claim, which Trump said cost him the popular vote, was made without evidence.
Twitter guidelines state it is a violation “if you repeatedly create false or misleading content.”
Ferguson was joined by Christina Reynolds, a former deputy communications director for Clinton.
“Winning the electoral college won him the presidency, so Trump’s excuses on why he lost the popular vote by millions are just small and sad,” wrote Christina Reynolds, a former deputy communications director.
But she added, “And of course, none of that matters. We have the system we have–HRC got more votes. Trump got more electoral votes and will be president.”
Meanwhile, Clinton campaign lawyer Marc Elias defended the campaign’s decision to join Green Party candidate Jill Stein’s recount effort in select states.
“We are getting attacked for participating in a recount that we didn’t ask for by the man who won election but thinks there was massive fraud,” Elias said on Twitter.